(Mainstream) USA production heritage will inevitably be filtered through the lens of Schwinn - Eisentraut started out at the famous Oscar Wastyn (Schwinn) shop, for example.
Later during the 1970's, upstart framebuilders (like Ritchey, or many MTB pioneers, or even niche builders like Sam Braxton) should be taken into consideration as precursors, foreshadows, or even forgotten premonitions of what all we now see re-emerging in the marketplace, the "bike boom" of our generation, the present-day "new Golden Age". =- Joe Bunik Walnut Creek, CA On 12/17/13, Jim M. <mather...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 9:40:25 AM UTC-8, Steve Palincsar wrote: >> >> On 12/17/2013 12:22 PM, Jim M. wrote: >> >> But the question isn't just who are among the best American frame builders >> >> today; it's in the 1960s. And in the 1960s, Peter Weigle had yet to move >> >> to England, along with Richard Sachs, to learn how to build frames. As >> was >> mentioned, Albert Eisentraut does date to that period, having begun in >> 1959. >> >> > Yes, Steve, I agree with you. I'm just pointing out the difference between > the questions asked, using an example from today. > > I have an Eisentraut, too, though from the '70s. From what I know of his > history, he built race frames almost exclusively. He was probably the best > American frame builder of the day, but I don't see him as compararble to > Riv. > > jim m > wc ca > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
